DOE Oak Ridge Office FOIA Request Form

* Requests submitted under the Privacy Act must be signed and,
therefore, cannot be submitted on this form.

Name:

(Required)

Organization:

Address:

(Required)

Phone:

FAX:

Email:

Reasonably Describe Records

Describe the specific record (s) you seek with sufficient detail that a
knowledgeable official of the activity may locate the record with a reasonable
amount of effort. Such detail should include: dates, titles, file designations,
and offices to be searched.

Since most DOE records are not retained permanently, the more information
that you provide, the better the opportunity there is to determine if the
records involved still exist and where. The FOIA clearly states that records
must exist at the time the request is submitted.

Enter description:

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form or format:

Type of Requester

Select a description of yourself and the purpose of the request to help
determine your category for assessing fees:

An individual seeking information for personal
use and not for commercial use.

Affiliated with an educational or noncommercial
scientific institution, and this request is made for scholarly or
scientific purpose and not for commercial use.

Affiliated with a private corporation and
seeking information for the use in the company's business.

A representative of the news media affiliated
with and
the request is made as part of news gathering and not for commercial
use.

Select type of media:

Newspaper

Magazine

Television Station

Other:

Fees and Fee Waivers

Your request must include a statement that (1) you agree to pay any fees that
may be incurred to process the request; (2) stipulates an amount you are willing
to pay; or (3) requests a specific waiver or reduction of fees.

Please select the statement that applies:

I agree to pay all applicable fees.

I agree to pay up to a specified amount for
fees.Enter amount $

I request a waiver or reduction of
fees.

If you request a waiver or reduction of fees, we will consider the following
six factors to make a determination. Please provide information that addresses
these factors:

The subject of the request: Whether the subject of the requested records
concerns "the operations or activities of the government."

The informative value of the information to be disclosed: Whether the
disclosure is "likely to contribute" to an understanding of government
operations or activities.

The contribution to an understanding by the general public of the subject
likely to result from disclosure, taking into account your ability and intent
to disseminate the information to the public in a form that can further
understanding of the subject matter.

The significance of the contribution to public understanding: Whether the
disclosure is likely to contribute "significantly" to public understanding of
government operations or activities.

The existence and magnitude of a commercial interest: Whether the requester
has a commercial interest that would be furthered by the requested disclosure,
and, if so

The primary interest in disclosure: Whether the magnitude of the identified
commercial interest of the requester is sufficiently large, in comparison with
the public interest in disclosure, that disclosure is "primarily in the
commercial interest of the requester."

If my request for
a waiver or reduction in fees is denied, I
agree to pay up to (enter amount) $ to process my request.

Expedited Processing

I request expedited processing of the request and provide a justification
below. I believe a compelling need exists to warrant expedited processing
because there is:

an imminent threat to the life or physical
safety of an individual exists or

an urgency to inform the public concerning
actual or alleged Federal Government activity exists (this option
available ONLY for requesters primarily engaged in disseminating
information).